‘Brit backpacker’ dies in horror crash after car slams into lorry and turns into fireball on notorious Aussie motorway

A BRITISH backpacker is believed to have died when his vehicle collided with a truck carrying timber and exploded into a ball of flames.

The truck and the unidentified backpacker’s sedan smashed head on along the notorious Bruce Highway, south of Townsville in Queensland, Australia on Tuesday at 5pm.

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A British backpacker is believed to have died after a horrific car crash in Australia

The timber caught fire because of the impact of the crash and emergency services struggled to access the vehicles, 9News reported.

Witnesses said there were “multiple balls of flames”.

One witness said: “As soon as the car hit the front of the truck it exploded into a ball of flames.

“By then it was all over.”

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The sedan collided head on with a truck carrying timber

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The driver of the truck miraculously survived after the timber caught fire and caused an explosion

The driver of the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have not identified the body because of the condition of the remains due to the intensity of the blaze.

However, they believe the driver was a 31-year-old backpacker from the UK who borrowed the car from another backpacker to travel along the coast from Arlie Beach to Ayr , the Daily Mail Australia reports.

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